Tiruvirkudi Veerataneswarar Temple
Tiruvirkudi Veerataneswarar Temple[1] (Tamil: திருவிற்குடி வீரட்டானேசுவரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Tiruvirkudi in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Veerataneswarar. His consort is known as Elavarkuzhali.[4]
Significance
It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar.[4]
Literary mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[5]
| “ | செங்கண் மாலொடு நான்முகன் தேடியுந் திருவ டியறியாமை எங்கு மாரெரி யாகிய இறைவனை யறைபுனன் முடியார்ந்த |
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References
- ↑ "Sri Veerataneswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ ta:திருவிற்குடி வீரட்டானேசுவரர் கோயில்
- ↑ Veeratteswarar Temple, Tiruvirkudi.
- 1 2 "Veerataneswarar Temple". temple.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II:108:9
External links
- "Sri Veerataneswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Veeratteswarar Temple, Tiruvirkudi". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
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